Internet Archive's 2 millionth Text Scanned Handwritten in Latin by a number of scribes in a script inspired by the court of Charlemagne, this rare and beautiful treasure from the first millennium of Christianity, is one of the gems in the renowned collection of the Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies. The Institute is dedicated to transmitting the inheritance of the Middle Ages to new generations; to deepening our understanding of the life and ideals of Western culture in the time of its...
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Topics: Homiliaries, Sermons, Latin
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St. Augustine
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A native of France, Nicolas Jenson was one of the most important printers operating in Venice in the fifteenth century. Between c.1470 and 1480, Jenson produced around 150 books including the 1475 printing of St. Augustine's "De Civitate Dei" or "The City of God." The quality of Jenson's books influenced greatly the revival of fine printing in Britain in the nineteenth century. The great British typographer Stanley Morison (1889-1967) once said that Jenson produced "the...
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Derek Jarman's Sebastiane. A gay film about Saint Sebastiane, his suffering and martyrdom. The film is notable for having its dialogue in Latin.
Topics: Derek Jarman, Sebastiane
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Attributed to Herman the Recluse
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This is the largest Medieval manuscript in existence, weighing in at approximately 165 lbs. The book is 36" by 19" by 8", and composed of 310 parchment leaves (620 book pages). It was rumored to be written by a monk who was possessed by the devil. It contains a picture of the devil on one page. The Bible has a long history, and more information can be found out here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Codex_Gigas This is a large file, and may take a while to download.
Topics: bible, devi's bible, codex, gigas
McGeary & Nash. Emblem books at the University of Illinois
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Mar 20, 2016
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CD9
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University of Toronto - Robarts Library
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Sep 5, 2008
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Cicero, Marcus Tullius; Rackham, H. (Harris), 1868-1944; Sutton, E. W. (Edward William), b. 1871
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Topics: Oratory, Rhetoric, Ancient
Bibliography: p. xli-xliv
University of Toronto - Robarts Library
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May 22, 2007
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Mysore. Dept. of Archaeology; Rice, B. Lewis (Benjamin Lewis), 1837-1927; Narasimhacharya, Ramanujapuram Anandan-pillai, rao bahadur, d. 1937
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Topics: Inscriptions -- India Carnatic, Carnatic (India) -- Antiquities
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Feb 25, 2009
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Terence, Edward St. John Parry, Parry
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Source: http://books.google.com/books?id=-7INAAAAYAAJ&oe=UTF-8
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University of Toronto - Robarts Library
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Feb 19, 2009
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Mysore. Dept. of Archaeology; Rice, B. Lewis (Benjamin Lewis), 1837-1927; Narasimhacharya, Ramanujapuram Anandan-pillai, rao bahadur, d. 1937
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Editor and imprint vary
Topic: Inscriptions
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Oct 23, 2008
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Varro, Marcus Terentius; Kent, Roland G. (Roland Grubb), 1877-1952
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English and Latin on opposite pages
Topic: Latin language
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Oct 12, 2012
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Niccolò, de' Tudeschi, Archbishop, 1386-1445
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T.p. printed red and black within an elaborate architectural border. It incorporates a scene at head depicting a ruler with lords temporal and spiritual. Below is another scene depicting scholars, one of them identified as the author. Initials (some historiated)
Topics: Council of Basel (1431-1449), Canon law, Authority
University of Toronto - Robarts Library
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Feb 19, 2009
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Mysore. Dept. of Archaeology; Rice, B. Lewis (Benjamin Lewis), 1837-1927; Narasimhacharya, Ramanujapuram Anandan-pillai, rao bahadur, d. 1937
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Topic: Inscriptions
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Jun 3, 2009
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Terence, Arnoldus Henricus Westerhoff
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Book digitized by Google from the library of Harvard University and uploaded to the Internet Archive by user tpb.
Source: http://books.google.com/books?id=-N8AAAAAYAAJ&oe=UTF-8
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Mar 23, 2016
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Oct 20, 2008
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Pliny, the Elder; Rackham, H. (Harris), 1868-1944
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Latin and English on opposite pages
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Topic: Natural history
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Sep 12, 2014
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Carl Orff
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George Frideric Handel; Scholars Baroque Ensemble
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Manuel Carrasco
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Topic: Inscriptions, Latin
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Cicero, Marcus Tullius; Rackham, H. (Harris), 1868-1944
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Topics: Ethics, Good and evil
Source: http://books.google.com/books?id=kYaxNzyb92cC&oe=UTF-8
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Pliny, the Elder; Rackham, H. (Harris), 1868-1944
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Latin and English on opposite pages
Topic: Natural history
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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Nov 7, 2011
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Calonghi, Ferruccio, 1866-1945; Georges, Karl Ernst, 1806-1895; Rivoire, P., joint author; Cavagna Sangiuliani di Gualdana, Antonio, conte, 1843-1913, former owner. IU-R
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Author's names at head of title: F. Calonghi e P. Rivoire
Topics: Italian language, Latin language
University of Toronto - Robarts Library
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Mysore. Dept. of Archaeology; Rice, B. Lewis (Benjamin Lewis), 1837-1927; Narasimhacharya, Ramanujapuram Anandan-pillai, rao bahadur, d. 1937
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Topic: Inscriptions
University of Toronto - Robarts Library
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Mysore. Dept. of Archaeology; Rice, B. Lewis (Benjamin Lewis), 1837-1927; Narasimhacharya, Ramanujapuram Anandan-pillai, rao bahadur, d. 1937
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Topic: Inscriptions
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melapelan xD
Topic: no mames
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Alessandro De Marchi
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University of Toronto - Robarts Library
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Mysore. Dept. of Archaeology; Rice, B. Lewis (Benjamin Lewis), 1837-1927; Narasimhacharya, Ramanujapuram Anandan-pillai, rao bahadur, d. 1937
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Topic: Inscriptions
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Topic: xenonxxxX51newfont
Includes bibliographical references
Topic: Quotations
Vol. 1
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Topic: Hexapla
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Jul 7, 2008
07/08
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Higden, Ranulf, d. 1364; Trevisa, John, d. 1402, tr; Caxton, William, ca. 1422-1491 or 2; Malverne, John, d. 1415?; Babington, Churchill, 1821-1889, ed; Lumby, J. Rawson (Joseph Rawson), 1831-1895
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Book digitized by Google and uploaded to the Internet Archive by user tpb.
Topics: World history, Geography
Source: http://books.google.com/books?id=P8eEBiS_jf4C&oe=UTF-8
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Hamman, A.-G. (Adalbert-G.), 1910-; Migne, J.-P. (Jacques-Paul), 1800-1875
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Topics: Kipchak language, Persian language, Gothic language, Latin language, Medieval and modern
California Digital Library
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A Latin reader : consisting of selections from Phaedrus, Caesar, Curtius, Nepos, Sallust, Ovid, Virgil, Plautus, Terence, Cicero, Pliny, and Tacitus, with copious notes and vocabulary
Jul 6, 2006
07/06
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Allen, William Francis, 1830-1889; Making of America Project; Allen, Joseph Henry, 1820-1898
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Dempster, Thomas, 1579?-1625; Leicester, Thomas Coke, Earl of, d. 1759; Buonarroti, Filippo, 1661-1733; Franceschini, Vincenzo, 1680-ca.1744; Verkruys, Theodor, d. 1739
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"Nunc primum editi curante Thoma Coke ..."--Added half-title in vol. 1
Topics: Eugubine tables, Art
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Topic: Maktbadjelfa 19007
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Isidore, of Seville, Saint, d. 636; Lindsay, W. M. (Wallace Martin), 1858-1937
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University of Toronto - Robarts Library
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Oct 17, 2008
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Petronius Arbiter; Heseltine, Michael; Seneca, Lucius Annaeus, ca. 4 B.C.-65 A.D. Apocolocyntosis. 1913; Rouse, W. H. D. (William Henry Denham), 1863-1950
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Ettmüller, Ludwig, 1802-1877
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Book digitized by Google from the library of the University of Michigan and uploaded to the Internet Archive by user tpb.
Topics: English language, Latin language, English language
Source: http://books.google.com/books?id=XB6JNQGYhuIC&oe=UTF-8
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02/07
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Walz, Angelus
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Bibliography: p. 549-558
Topic: Dominicans